Bark cutter and peeler



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J. KERO BARK CUTTER AND PEELER Filed sept. 2, 1925 v nvvno? Jcala Kem@Rbot weg? K Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

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JACOB KIERO, OF'SAXON, WISCONSIN.

BARK CUTTER AND PEELER.

Application filed September 2, 1925. Serial No. 54,157.

which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference charactersindicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view,

Figure 2, a side elevation, and

Figure 3, a section on line 3W?) of Figures 1 and 2.

Reference character 10 indicates a wooden handle for the device, saidhandle being of convenient length as for example about 26 inches. Thepeeling blade 11 is secured to the handle by rivets 12, this peelingblade being preferably7 made of a single piece of steel and having athin edge at its forward end for insection under the bark of trees.

A notch is formed at one sid-e of the blade, as indicated at 13, thisnotch extending forward and being approximately V-shaped at the forwardpart as indicated in Fig. 3 for the reception of the flared ordovetailed base of a cutting blade 14. The blade is of substantial widthand extends downward from the under side of the peeler about one inch,said blade being inclined to the left when the implement isv viewed fromthe forward sharp end.

A piece of pring metal 15 is secured to the peeler blade at one side bymeans of screws 1G which have their heads countersunk in the. spring.This spring is set in sufficiently so that its outer surface registerswith that of the peeler blade to avoid injury to the hands of the user.At its forward end the spring is bent inward so as to rest againsttherear end of the cutter blade 14 and hold the saine securely in place.It will be Iobvious that the spring can be bent outwardly at its forwardend so that the cutter blade can be slid back against the shoulder 17,when the cutter blade can readily be removed.

In the use of my device the cutter blade is drawn across the body of atree to cut across the bark and may also be moved lengthwise of the bodyof the tree for loosening the bark to permit the peeler blade to enterbeneath the same. Thereafter the peeler blade is inserted under the barkand is moved upward and sidewise to loosen the bark in strips as for usein tanning etc.

It. will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes maybe made in my device without departing from the spirit of Y theinvention and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in thedrawing and described in the specification but only as indicated in theappended claims.

, Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A bark cutter and peeler comprising a peeler blade having a thinforward edge of substantial width, a notch at the under side of thepeeler blade said notch being undercut at its forward end, acutter-blade having a dove-tailed base fitting in said undercut portionof the notch, and means to hold the blade in place, substantially as setforth.

2. A bark cutter and peeler comprising a peeler blade havingl a thinforward edge of substantial width, a. notch at the under side of thepeeler blade said notch being under.- cut atits Yforward end, acutter-blade with a dovetailed base fitting in said undercut portion ofthe notch, anda steel spring havin a free end normally adjacent the baseof ille blade for holding it in as set forth.

3. A bark cutter and peeler having a peeling blade with a thin forwardedge and a cutter blade mounted on thel under face thereof, said cutterblade being inclined with reference to its base and toward one side ofthe peeler blade and having the `extremity of its cutting edge disposedover the interplace, substantially .mediate portion of the side on whichitis mounted, substantially asset forth.

4:. A bark cutter and peelerl comprising a peeler blade having a thinforward edge of substantial width, an elongated socket in the undersideof the peeler blade` a cutter blade fitting in said elongated socket,`and means for holding said blade in place, substantially as set forth.y

51A bark cutter and peeler comprising a peeler blade having a thinforward edge, a

socket in the underside of the peeler blade, under side of said peelerblade, substantially and a cutter blade rigidly mounted in said as setforth. socket, substantially as.y set forth. In Witness whereof, I havehereunto setmy 10 6. A bark cutter and peeler comprising` a hand andseal at Duluth, Minnesota, this 5 handle having its forward extremitycurved 29th day of August, A. D. nineteen hundred terminating in a thinflattened peeler blade, and twenty-five. and a cutter blade rigidlymounted on the JACOB KIERO. [ne]

